At the critical juncture when Liu Biao was seriously ill, Li Dian, the former general of the Guards, and Cao Chun, the right general of the Guards, each ordered by Guo Peng to lead 10,000 troops to the Chenliu camp and accept the command of Le Jin, the general of Zhengnan.

The staff servant shot Guo Jia to supervise the armies, and on behalf of Guo Peng, he awarded Lejin the commander of the whole army the festival and the tiger talisman for troop transfer.

As a result, the number of troops owned by the Chenliu camp and the two counties of Runan County and Yingchuan County reached the scale of 50,000 people.

Including the army brought by Li Dian and Cao Chun, as well as the army led by Guo Lie, the commander of the garrison of Runan County, and the army led by Li Gan, the commander of the garrison of Yingchuan County, plus the army led by Lejin himself, a total of 50,000 people.

The 50,000 troops would be commanded by Le Jin, under the supervision of Guo Jia, and march to Jingzhou as the main force to capture Jingzhou.

At the same time, Zhu Ling, the commander of the Shangyong County garrison, led his troops to attack Xiangyang, and Xu Huang, the commander of the Lujiang County garrison under the command of Zhang Liao, was also transferred by Guo Jiazhi and would cooperate with the Lejin Corps to attack Jiangxia.

The entire strategic planning has been completed, the tactical formulation has also been completed, and now the auxiliary troops and civilian men of Yingchuan, Runan, and Chenliu counties are being mobilized to transport supplies and prepare for the logistics of the army.

According to the calculations of the team of officials brought by Guo Jia, about 80 percent of the logistical preparations will be completed by the end of April, reaching the level of logistical supply for the army.

The staff team brought by Guo Jia and the generals commanded by Le Jin designed tactics on the combat sand table, deduced the results of the war, sought the fastest and most perfect solution, and notified Zhu Ling and Xu Huang in advance to cooperate in order to achieve the greatest tactical cooperation.

The Wei army's southern army was intensively preparing for the route of the southward attack, but at this moment, Jingzhou was not ready for war at all.

The army was pressing, and Zhang Yun, the guard of Nanyang County, who was facing the main army of Lejin, couldn't see the nervousness at all, so that even his subordinates couldn't stand it.

Faced with the pressure of the Wei army's 50,000 troops, Zhang Yun didn't seem to care about this matter at all, when he didn't exist.

He didn't report to Liu Biao when he went south, and asked for reinforcements.

Second, there is no wide arsenal to equip the army.

Third, the people were not mobilized to do logistics for the army.

Fourth, the city defenses were not strengthened in case of emergency.

Fifth, he did not take the initiative to send people to spy on the military situation of the Wei army.

Sixth, he did not go to the barracks in person to convene the generals to discuss tactics and plan the retreat route.

The Nanyang County Guard and the Lord were going to do nothing about Zhang Yun, the only thing he did was to drink, listen to music, and watch the dancing girls dance as usual.

Then when the mood came, he hugged the scantily clad dancer and had a good time, and when he was tired, he fell asleep and lived a life of drunkenness and dreams.

When he was the Nanyang County Guard, Nanyang County's economy did not increase, the population did not increase, the armament did not increase, and nothing changed, just like he had never been a Nanyang County Guard.

In this era, you still play inaction?

If anything, it's really - his weight and age.

The subordinates were puzzled by this, and only a few cronies knew why Zhang Yun did this, why he was so drunk and dreamed of death.

How else can I say it, people have already found a family to prepare to change jobs, of course, they don't care about this matter at all, and even block the news, not letting their subordinates send the news of the Wei army's pressure to Jiangling, but just send the news to Xiangyang to Cai Mao, so that Cai Mao can make preparations.

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Yun to send news, Cai Mao has already learned about Zhu Ling's upcoming military operation from secret channels, and is ready to surrender and sacrifice the city.

They are all old deep-water wolves, and as soon as Guo Peng's secret agent opens his mouth, they know what to do and what not to do.

Cai Mao is also different from Zhang Yun, he got a lot of food and military funds from Liu Biao in the name of war preparation, he did not privately swallow it, nor did he use it to strengthen the army, but stored it all, and planned to give it to Guo Peng together when the time came, as a meeting gift for himself, which can be regarded as buying a future for himself.

I believe Guo Peng will be very happy.

Of course, Cai Mao's main experience now is not in this area, but in Gangneung.

Before Liu Biao became seriously ill, he decided to unite with Liu Zhang to fight against Guo Peng.

He ordered Huang Zu to return to Jiangxia to prepare for the war, ready to support Jiangling at any time, and forced Cai Mao to return to Xiangyang to prepare for the war, and threatened to send his cronies to Xiangyang to check Cai Mao's preparations.

As a result, before this could be done, he became seriously ill, the kind that could not afford to be sick, and his body became weaker and weaker in bed.

Liu Biao seems to realize that his limit is approaching, although he doesn't know the reason, but he thinks that he really doesn't have a few days to live.

I don't have a few days to live, but I don't know if there is any progress on Guo Peng's side, when he will go south to attack Jingzhou, not to mention now, even if Guo Peng comes now, it is impossible for him to force his body to command the battle, if he doesn't come for a while, he will really go into the ground.

Now Liu Biao feels that it is more likely that Guo Peng will enter the soil before he goes south, so in any case, it is an urgent matter to establish the identity of the heir.

And the candidate, Liu Biao has also been determined.

The eldest son, Liu Qi.

Liu Biao's two sons, the eldest son Liu Qi and the second son Liu Cong, neither of them were born to the current Cai family.

He and Cai had no children, both children were born to his ex-wife, and after the death of his ex-wife, he came to Jingzhou and married Cai to stabilize the situation, but did not have children.

Because he also knows that if he has a child with Cai, then Cai's child will inevitably be supported as the lord of Jingzhou after his death, and when Cai is not Lu Pheasant, Cai's family will force her to be Lu Pheasant, where can his child be independent?

As a descendant of Gaozu, who doesn't know about the Lu Rebellion?

That is not in my own interests in Jingzhou.

So Liu Biao also took great pains not to have children with Cai's, but he was also helpless, as a representative who was much weaker than Guo, where did he get his freedom?

He himself is not free, and no successor to him will be free.

Liu Qi doesn't say it, he is a Chinese person, but because he looks like Liu Biao, he is quite loved by Liu Biao.

Liu Cong is a little clever, seeing that Liu Biao and Cai's have no children, he actually threw himself into Cai's, flattered him in every way, and finally formed a deep "mother-son relationship" with Cai.

The Cai family estimated that they also knew that Liu Biao would not easily let the Cai family have children, especially a son, so they simply let Liu Cong and the Cai family form a mother-son friendship, anyway, no matter who it is, as long as it can better represent the interests of the Cai family.

For this reason, the Cai family even married Cai's niece to Liu Cong to further stabilize the alliance.

At this point, Liu Biao was helpless, he could only start to pay attention to Liu Qi again, take Liu Qi with him and make a show for others, so that everyone would know that he chose Liu Qi instead of Liu Cong.

But his struggle is weak, weak, and cannot change anything.

It wasn't until he got sick and decided to give it a go, and after introducing Sun Wei and Sun Fu and Gan Ning from Jiangxia, the situation changed slightly.

Before he was seriously ill and bedridden, he once called Sun Wei, Sun Fu, Gan Ning and fellow villagers to his side, took Liu Qi with him, and entrusted Liu Qi to these four people.

Liu Biao told them to protect Liu Qi and tell them that Liu Qi was their favorite successor, and that if they had three longs and two shorts, they must support Liu Qi to ascend the throne.

Sun Wei, Sun Fu and Guo Wei's regime have a deep blood feud.

Gan Ning is from Yizhou, not Jingzhou.

Yi is his fellow countryman, and he has always been his confidant, and he can't get along with the people of Jingzhou.

In Liu Biao's opinion, these four people will definitely insist on protecting Liu Qi's ascension to the throne and will not betray.